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Where will Jason Taylor line up Tuesday?

Newly signed defensive end/outside linebacker Jason Taylor is sure to be the center of attention when the Dolphins hold their first OTA of the spring that will be open to the media on Tuesday at their Davie training facility. For one, Taylor hasn’t addressed his signing yet; but more importantly, the Dolphins haven’t talked about where he’s going to line up in the defense.

Of course, this is the time coaches like to experiment, so this could be an ongoing process that goes well into training camp. But you just know Bill Parcells, Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano have a pretty clear idea of how they want to use their new weapon, and chances are that’s where they’ll try him first.

Dolphin fans remember too well that Cam Cameron and defensive coordinator Dom Capers failed to use Taylor and Joey Porter effectively when they last played together two years ago. Porter was miscast as a strongside linebacker and wound up with 5.5 sacks, while Taylor was moved around and had a significant dropoff from his 2006 season, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

Both prefer to play on the right side, so the first guess would be Porter will continue to be the weakside linebacker and Taylor the right defensive end. Opponents that double-teamed Porter effectively toward the end of last season would quickly realize there’s no way to double-team both and suffer the consequences.

That’s the conventional thinking. The unconventional opens up all sorts of possibilities, from Taylor giving the strongside OLB job a shot to left defensive end to … you get the idea.

How do you think the Dolphins can best use Taylor’s abilities?

This figures to be a work in progress, but how it plays out will certainly add some drama to what typically is a fairly mundane May practice session.